Fruit and vegetable vendors from Tamil Nadu who take their produce to Kerala are now being given food safety certificates by the Health Department in the wake of complaints of high pesticide residue from that State.
Thirty vendors have been issued the certificate from the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration and 250 others have applied for it, department sources said.
The department will carry out physical verification of shops and quality of produce before issuing certificates to ensure there were no more complaints from end users, they said. The Kerala government had expressed concern over reported high levels of pesticide coming into the State and stated that vehicles carrying vegetables from other States would be monitored at check-posts. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had written to his counterparts in TN, Karnataka, and Andhra regarding the issue.
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